The Latin Recording Academy® President Gabriel Abaroa, Univision Network news anchor Barbara Bermudo, and Houston Mayor Bill White today announced that the 9th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards will be broadcast live from the Toyota Center in Houston on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. This marks the first time Houston will host the premier international showcase of Latin music.
Nominations for this year's Latin GRAMMYs will be announced Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008
Muchos gracias to Armando Barraza for a clip of Jennifer performing in Texas:
Armando also has pictures from the concert on his site. Wonderful pictures!
Also a message from Jen's mom:
Hey guys! First of all...I MISS YOU ALL SO MUCH! I just saw a short video on YouTube posted by Armando Barraza:
http://www.youtube.com/user/armandotx
Make sure and post your comments. Jen needs to hear how much everybody misses her shows! It's a short video but it is so great to finally see our girl on that stage where she belongs and once again-giving to the people. What an honor to sing to our heroes! Show your support guys so she can come back to your stage and hopefully sing to you next time! God Bless All of You and again, THANK YOU for your support and loyalty & THANKS to Armando for being there and sharing this with us and writing a awesome review on our girl. PLEASE POST your comments. I'm sure it would mean the world to Jennifer and to Armando as well! God Bless! Abrazos....and God Bless America! Welcome Home Heroes & Welcome Back Jennifer! I just wish Armando would post LOTS more for us! LOL WE WANT MORE!
EDIT: Sorry, Jennifer will be performing in Fort Hood, Texas. It is only open to all Soldiers, Family members, retirees, Gold Star Families and DoD Civilians. Read more about it here. She will be performing at 2:30.
Well the Latin Grammy's will occur in November. I'm sure Jen will get a couple of noms. She better.
And Amexicano (the movie) finally has a website. Check it out.
Jen performing in Fort Hood Texas on April 11
"Salute to Our Heroes" is a special musical event bringing together the men and women who serve for our country, their families here at home and music fans everywhere. The free webcast; which will feature performances, attractions and activities, is being put on to show we want our troops to come home.
The celebration starts at 11:30 a.m. PT/1:30 p.m. ET on April 11. There will be music, ranging from cowboy country to soulful R&B. Some of the bands involved are FOSTERCHILD, Framing Hanley, Grupo Mania, Lyfe Jennings, Maren Morris, Jennifer Pena, Kritickill, Mark Chesnutt, Mylin, Rissi Palmer, Tantric, and Wild Horses.
Some of the special guests will be Metal Sanaz, Metal & Rock Celebrity and Sirius radio show hosts, with local radio personalities Jack and Trippin' Dawn Hammer.
